two visions of the future
March 4th, 2009 • posts i've written
The first, from Microsoft.
World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.
The future is certainly all about user interfaces, no? Microsoft sees touchscreens everywhere and Bruce sees a world that is, in essence, its own user interface. This must be an expression of our current state of technology and culture.
Think about the 50′s. Society was enraptured in thinking about the future of transportation, everything was a jet pack, rocket car, etc (even our regular cars had space-age fins). As a culture, we seem to be less focused on physical travel, moving from point A to point B, and much more obsessed with the movement of bits and bytes and our place in that world. This is a bit frightening to me in some ways. Our exploration of outer space (the place and the thing) seems to have been replaced by a fascination with inner space.
What do you think? Seriously, I want to know.
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Maybe I’m just another 50′s housewife obsessed with the miracle of tupperware, but I can’t help but be awed by the flood of data we’re starting to have access to. We’re only beginning to see the possibilities of our ability to collect data, share it, and make use of it. Edward Tufte will be a God in the 22nd Century.
We’re living in the first few decades of the information revolution. It will surely be no less significant than the industrial revolution and every other major economic revolution that has come before it.
Data will change our lives! (Oh, wait. It already has.)